Cooler.



V. J. METZGER.

COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

anoanfoz UNIFED VERIUS .l. METZGEK, OF MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1908. Serial No. 429,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, citizen of the United States. residing; at Milton,in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Coolers. of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to coolers. the object invicw being to provide apractical and inexpensive cooler for water. beer and the like, theconstruction adapting the liquid to be thoroughly chilled and cooled bymerely passing such liquid through the cooler as will hereinafterappear. I

\Vith theabove general object in view. the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arr; nnement-of parts as hereinfully describeth illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings l igure l is a perspective view of a coolerembodying the present invention. the same being shown partly broken awayin section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the liquid containing element of the cooler.

'lhe cooler contemplated in this invention comprises essentially an icebox 1 which is preferably of the double walled construction illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. In other words the body of the cooler comprises anouter wall 2 and an inner wall 3 the space between which is packed withany suitable material t of low heat and cold conductivity so as toinsulate the interior of the box from the outside atmosphere.

The cooler is also provided with a re movable lid or cover a to giveaccess to the ice compartment thereof. the latter being; disconnected at6.

The liquid containing coolerconsists of a plurality of members eachcomprising an upper tubular head 7, a lowertubulaifl base 8 and a hollowplate or. web 9 connecting the cap and base and providing a chilledsurface of large. are; and a water space of narrow confines againstwhich the ice or ice compartment 6 is adapted to bear. By reference toFigs. 2 and 3 it will be observed that two of such water containingmembers are illustrated and that the same are connected in line with theupper tubular heads 7 by means of an elbow 10 or other tubularconnection while the lower element of the l t l l l l t l l l t tubularbases 8 are disconnected as shown in Ynmis J. n'ln'rzcnn, a i Fig. 3 theadjacent ends thereof being scaled by stopper or plugs 11. The outer endof one of the outer tubular bases 8 is left open as shown at 12 toreceive an inlet. nipple 13 by means of which water is introduced intothe water containing element of the cooler. The base section of theother water containing clement communicates with a corresponding nipple14: which passes through the adjacent wall of the cooler and hasconnected a delivery faucet 15.

16 designates an ice water drain cock for draining oil the water fromthe ice coi'npartment 6. Under the arrangement shown in l igs. and 3,two sides of the ice compartment are occupied by the water containingelement of the cooler or in other words, two water containing membersare arranged at right angles to each other so as to lie in closeproximity to the corresponding inner walls of the ice compartment, theice bears directly against the tubular heads and bases and also againstthe hollow plates or webs 9. The

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water entering one of the tubular bases 8 is thin sheet or film,'wherebyit is more quickly chilled in its passage through the cooler.- When thewater reaches the tubular head 7 of the first member it is then passedthrough the connection 10 into the head 7 of the next member, thencedownward through the shallow hollow plate or web into the tubular base 8of the second member and thence outward through the delivery faucet. Inthis way the water is subjected to a thorough cooling action by contactwith the hollow plates or webs of the water containing element, wherebythe mere passage 0 the water through the cooler induces the thoroughchilling of the same to a point nearly as low as the temperature of theice itself.

A cooler comprising an ice box, and a water containing element mountedtherein and embodying a plu 'ality of members each comprising atubulanhead, a tubular base, and a hollow plate or web connecting thehead and base and forming a thin water conducting space between saidtubular base, the tubular part of one member being placed in directcommunication with the corhead and respondin member w out off fromcommunication, whereby the water is caused to traverse one of themembers in one direction and the succeeding member in the OgPOSitGdirectlon, substantigil'ly as describe 'In testimon whereof I :iflix mysignature in. presence 0 two witnesses.

VERIUS J. METZGER.

Witnesses: Y

I. F. Damn, WM. )3. WENDLE.

